The Eclipsed playwright walks the line between tradition and assimilation in the Playwrights Horizons production. We were there for opening!

The New York premiere of Familiar, by Eclipsed playwright Danai Gurira, officially opens March 3. The play, about tradition and assimilation, is set to run through March 27 at Playwrights Horizons’ Mainstage Theater.

Performances began Off-Broadway February 12 with a cast led by Tamara Tunie from the long-running TV series Law & Order: SVU, Roslyn Ruff (All The Way) and Broadway vet Myra Lucretia Taylor.

Here's how the theatre bills the new work: “It’s winter in Minnesota and a Zimbabwean family is preparing for the wedding of their eldest daughter (Ruff), a first-generation American. But when the bride insists on observing a traditional African custom, it opens a deep rift in the household. Rowdy and affectionate, Familiar pitches tradition against assimilation, drawing a loving portrait of a family: the customs they keep, and the secrets they bury.”

Inside Opening Night of Danai Gurira's Familiar

Inside Opening Night of Danai Gurira's Familiar

The Eclipsed playwright walks the line between tradition and assimilation in the Playwrights Horizons production. We were there for opening!